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Q U I C K P R I N T I N G • P R I N T I N G N E W S • W I D E - F O R M A T I M A G I N G
The Sweet Sixteen
of Success
I
n a recent daily surf of social media, I came across a LinkedIn link on the
differences between successful people and their unsuccessful counter-
parts. Business/entrepreneur advisor Andy Bailey, CEO of Petra Coach,
assembled his attributes of success (or not) on a postcard that he had
designed, printed, and mailed a few months ago.
One recipient was Dave Kerpen, CEO of Likeable Local, New York Times best-
selling author, and keynote speaker, who gave the postcard multimedia legs
by writing about it online. The card went viral and was shared and shared
alike. Kerpen hung the bright orange piece on his office wall, where it still
holds a place of prominence, "… reinforcing values I believe in and reminding
me on a daily basis of the attitudes and habits that I know I need to embrace
in order to become successful."
How people react to change is number one on Bailey's list. Here is what
Kerpen had to say about it and four other points of success that may strike a
chord with print business owners and managers.
1. Embrace change vs. Fear change
Embracing change is one of the most difficult things a person can do. With
the world moving so fast and constantly changing, and technology accelerat-
ing faster than ever, we need to embrace what is coming and adapt, rather
than fear it, deny it, or hide from it.
2. Want others to succeed vs. Secretly hope others fail
When you are in an organization with a group of people, to be successful,
you all have to be successful. We need to want to see our co-workers succeed
and grow. If you wish for their demise, why even work with them at all?
3. Exude joy vs. Exude anger
In business and in life, it's always better to be happy and exude that joy
to others. It becomes contagious and encourages other to exude their joy as
well. When people are happier they tend to be more focused and successful.
If a person exudes anger, it puts everyone around them in a horrible, unmo-
tivated mood, and little success comes from it.
4. Accept responsibility for your failures vs. Blame others for
your failures
Where there are ups, there are most always downs. Being a leader and suc-
cessful businessperson means always having to accept responsibility for your
failures. Blaming others solves nothing; it just puts other people down and
absolutely no good comes from it.
5. Talk about ideas vs. Talk about people
What did we all learn in high school? Gossip gets you nowhere. Much of
the time it's false and most of the time it's negative. Instead of gossiping about
people, successful people talk about ideas. Sharing ideas with others will only
make them better.
Check out an image of Bailey's postcard and read his 11 other success
tips at MyPRINTResource.com/11401953. Also, notice that Quick Printing's
LinkedIn Group now has nearly 3,400 members; another 700 have joined
MyPRINTResource on the professional social-media platform. Please consider
participating in our online discussions. You never know what you might find
to help you succeed.
The print medium leads a multichannel charge to
success in business and in life. By Mark Vruno
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